Yaw power already has a Renesis on the dyno!
 

It appears that Paul Yaw is building a supercharged RX-8 to race. This should be pretty cool when its done. They are currently dyno testing the engine and setting a horspower goal of 450! Here it is on the engine dyno.

http://personal.riverusers.com/~yawpower/renespic.html

bastages! i want that

mike

kewl!

This is where the RX8 will start to get interesting ... a new motor to play with !

Kick ass! Can't wait to see the results. I wonder if when we'll start to see aftermarket FI kits for the RX-8.

do they make superchargers for FC NA's? does anyone on the forum have one?

Damn damn DAMN!!!! I want one of those motors to play with!!!!

Atkins does.

:bigthumb:

i haev see 2 on the streets already! :D (not supercharged obviously)

I haven't even seen one, but I wanna hand one it's ass just to show it whose boss.

Thats awesome that someone is already working on race applications for the Renesis though, maybe with a big enough following, we'll see a new 7!

Twin turbos vs. an NA? You better be able to hand it it's ass. But I'd bet money without those turbos it would be the other way around real quick ;)

stock for stock.
FD vs Rx-8

it would be a close match on the 1/4 mile.

I thought the RX8 was at least 1 second slower

The 8 would be a little slower but considering it is basically the same motor without turbos it is very impressive. When Paul gets a supercharger on this motor it is going to make some jaws drop I can assure you.

:rock::rock::rock:

Its nice to know that the bolt pattern is the same..... but that was prolly a given anyway.

someone on the rx8 forum recently dynoed their 6spd rx8 at Pettit. It put down a mere 173rwhp. It will be interesting to see if Yaw power gets any closer to the factory claimed output (maybe the rx8 just has drivetrain loss of 30%???? ).

Has anyone thought about side/peripheral exhaust and if its even possible?

:eek: I hope they were fom japan otherwise thats a very new motor to be putting on a dyno !

You can break in a motor in 2 days if you're motivated enough :).

According to the owner it had over 600 miles on it.

http://www.rx8forum.com/showthread.p...5&pagenumber=1

He is supposed to post the sheet this weekend.

I agree, you can break in a motor extremely quickly if you really want to. One day is all it takes :)...2 just for kicks :D. Btw guys...his car is AUTO so no fear...the power is SPOT ON. Remember the auto cars only have 210bhp not 247. So 173 is a good power number. Oh wait...now he's saying he has a manual tranny (I'm guessing 5spd...no matter how you take it he can't have a 247 engine that puts down only 173). He hasn't shown pics of the car OR the dyno so I'm getting very skeptical... :confused:

The manual is a 6 spd

Nope. the 8 has been tested to a 14.5. The FD lays down a high 13.